Resources and support for Computer Science
Useful online resources for Computer Science students, plus technical and skills support.
Electronic resources
Information and Learning Commons electronic resources
Access a range of online resources brought to you by City's Library.
StarPlus
Log in as a University member and use StarPlus to search for full text journal articles.
White Rose Research Online
This repository houses research papers from the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.
Google Scholar
Open access academic literature.
ACM Digital Library
E-journals, e-books and conference proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery.
arXiv
Open access repository of papers in mathematics, statistics, physics, computational finance, computational biology and computer science.
IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)
Full text documents from IEEE and IET.
Access IEEE/IET Electonic Library (IEL)
Cogprints
Open access repository for self archived papers. Subject areas include biology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and neuroscience.
Lecture notes in computer science
E-book series covering computer science and information technology (full text access from 1973 until present day).
Access lecture notes in computer science
Scopus
Multidisciplinary database covering computer science and other subjects
Support
Library and IT help
The librarian for your subject is Emily Herron. Contact Emily if you need help using University of Sheffield electronic resources.
For general library enquiries, email library@sheffield.ac.uk and staff will respond within one working day.
StudySkills@Sheffield
Develop your study skills at the University of Sheffield using our “how to guides” for all students.
International scholarships
We offer a generous package of financial support for international students, including undergraduate and postgraduate taught scholarships worth £10,000 towards the annual tuition fee.
Applications are open for existing offer holders for programmes starting in autumn 2025.